Heavy Snow, Essex
- When
- February 25, 2:30 AM EST
- Where
- Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 25, 2005
With a cold high pressure system north of the region, a low pressure system developed off the North Carolina coast during Thursday, February 24th. Light snow developed across the region between 1 pm and 3 pm Thursday afternoon, February 24th.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
With a cold high pressure system north of the region, a low pressure system developed off the North Carolina coast during Thursday, February 24th. This low intensified as it moved northeast, passing across the offshore waters southeast of Long Island during Thursday night.Light snow developed across the region between 1 pm and 3 pm Thursday afternoon, February 24th. Widespread moderate to heavy snow fell between 4 pm and 2:30 am, ending from west to east. Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 5 to 7 inches. Here are selected snowfall amounts for:Essex County - from 4.8 inches at North Caldwell to 6.7 inches at Newark Airport.Hudson County - 6.5 inches was measured at Harrison.Union County - from 5.8 inches at Roselle Park to 6.4 inches at Kenilworth.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Hudson
- When
- February 25, 2:30 AM EST
- Where
- Hudson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.731, -74.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Union
- When
- February 25, 2:30 AM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5436969, 5436970, 5436971.